Some new goals

Now that I’m thisclose to being done with school (for a while anyway), I’ve been thinking about what my next goals should be. I’ve accomplished so much in my education and I want to take that feeling of accomplishment further in my life.

So, here are some of my new short-term goals, in no particular order…

I will finish my Bachelor’s by December 2013.

I will work out every other day to get my muscles back and tone down those 15 pounds that came back from being lazy. I will lose those 15 pounds by October 15, 2012. (I’m pretty sure this one will happen sooner. Power 90 kicks my butt and makes the weight fall off so fast!)

I will write most or all of a book during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month. I found out about this wonder last year after NaNo, which happens in November and decided to give it a shot this year.)

Some long-term goals…

I will own a 4 bedroom house with at least 5 acres of land to make my own mountain bike/running/hiking trail. I’m giving myself 5 years on this one, so by June 2017.

I will own dogs, huskies or labs, and will be a rescue shelter for dogs and cats. Since I need the house and land to do this one, this is also a 5 year goal, June 2017.

The Balance Journey (Day 13)

I’m finding it very hard to write right now because I’m fascinated by the rain falling. Most people find the rain depressing. It’s cold, wet, gray and cloudy and they just don’t like that.

I love the rain. I love the smell in the air while it’s falling. I love the whisper of a soft spring rain. I love the roar of a thunderstorm when it pounds on the walls, windows and ground. I love the cool breezes that come with the summer rains.

But what I love even more happens after the rain stops. The clouds part, the sun comes out and all the colors seem brighter. The grass and trees sparkle in the light. Everything grows a little faster (unfortunately, this means the weeds, too).

Nature shows us how important balance is. We wouldn’t have green, growing plants without rain. We couldn’t survive without water. We also can’t live without the sun.

I’m learning to love both sides of balance but in this case, the balance in nature is one of the most amazing things about our world.

Early resolutions

Please don’t get me wrong here. I’m not trying to rush the new year. However, I know I won’t have much time between now and January 1st to sit down and write out my list. So in these few moments of quiet, I’m going to write down some of my New Year’s Resolutions.

I know myself well enough not to put losing weight or getting in shape on the list. I like my weight even if I’m not as small as the fashion world tries to tell me I should be. While I wouldn’t mind saying I’m a size 4 again, I like being an 8. I have curves and am eating good, healthy food so I know I’m not killing myself with artificial junk food or preservatives. Being a little more active would help I’m sure but I’m not really that big into exercise. I love low impact activities like yoga and swimming and just walking around the park with my daughter. I will put that on my list; to add some low impact exercise a couple of times a week. I need to do more than sit at a computer desk. Humans weren’t made to sit still.

Another thing I want to put on my list is something I’ve already started working on. I want to start or join a local writer’s group so I have some accountability, motivation and competition to work on my first book. I’ve talked to the ladies at my local library and they don’t currently have a group but said if I could get some people together that it would be no big deal to start a group. They have two rooms reserved for groups and have had writer’s groups meet at the library in the past.

I also need to add a second job or find a full-time job. My bills are stripped down to rent, electricity/water (no gas), and my cell phone. I own my car but it is 17 years old and I’m the last in a long line of people to own it. It has lived a long, full life and needs to be scrapped. I can’t afford a car payment though without more income, so onto the list it goes.

I would also like to start decorating my apartment. I can’t paint the walls but I would like to buy all those pretty but useless things to hang on the walls that make it look like someone actually lives there. Picture frames, wall sconces, metal decorative pieces, clocks…you know what I’m talking about. Morgan also said she wants her room done in Chococat. More things onto the list.

I am also going to read some more classics this coming year. I need to finish Don Quixote. I started it last summer in between quarters in school and I’m not sure why I didn’t finish it but there you have it. I would like to read some of the classic women. The Bronte sisters, Louisa May Alcott, Dickinson. Any other good ones I should add to the list?

What are your resolutions for the New Year?

Just because

I realized today I haven’t written in a very long time. Again. After I said I would try harder to write more often. So this is me writing something lol.

I guess I haven’t written because nothing dramatic is happening. I’m just super busy all the time. School is kicking my butt this quarter. It doesn’t help that I knew it would. I did get to relax all day yesterday. I should have been doing homework but I just couldn’t do it. I watched movies and cleaned house and did lots of laundry. That may not sound like relaxing but I didn’t have to use my brain for any of that and that was nice.

Alright, I’ve written something lol. Back to statistics homework. Take care friends. I’ll come back up for air soon.